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Koizumi: Fukushima not 'under control'

By Reuters in Tokyo | China Daily | Updated: 2016-09-08 08:53

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's promise that the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was "under control" in his successful pitch three years ago for Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympic Games "was a lie", former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday.

Koizumi, one of Japan's most popular prime ministers during his 2001-06 term, became an outspoken critic of nuclear energy after a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi plant, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.

Abe gave the assurances about safety at the Fukushima plant in his September 2013 speech to the International Olympic Committee to allay concerns about awarding the Games to Tokyo. The comment met with considerable criticism at the time.

Koizumi: Fukushima not 'under control'

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